Re: Has anyone received the new "I LOVE YOU" Virus email yet ?

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From: Marcus Durham
Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 00:00

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In article <20000505.2336.12230snz@michaels.demon.co.uk> Michael Salem
<4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk> shared the following with us in
demon.tech.pc:
>
[snip]
>Next, the worm starts a copy of Outlook in the background (only Outlook 98
>or 2000 will work - not Outlook 97 or Outlook Express). It examines all
>Outlook Address Books and, if an Outlook Address Book contains more
>addresses than the Windows Address Book, the worm mass-mails itself to all
>addresses in that Outlook Address Book. (The worm does not mass-mail itself
>to any addresses in the Windows Address Book.)

That'll teach 'em for using Outlook in the first place. Horrid bit of
software with security holes so big you could drive a bus through them.

-- 
Marcus Durham
The UMTSDW Homepage. News, Reviews, Features and Locations. 
http://www.zenn.demon.co.uk/drwho/drwho.htm

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